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    Narváez expedition was a Spanish expedition started in 1527 that was intended to explore Florida and establish colonial settlements. The expedition was...
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    Narváez. Bartolomé de las Casas described him as "a man of authoritative personality, tall of body and somewhat blonde inclined to redness". Narváez took...
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  • in 1528 he participated in the Narváez expedition, which set out from Cuba under the leadership of Pánfilo de Narváez to explore and colonize Spanish...
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    explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest...
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    to Cuba to confer with Velázquez and then to Mexico in Pánfilo de Narváez's expedition in an attempt to convince both sides to settle their differences...
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    first official European expedition to North America. This claim was enlarged as several explorers (most notably Pánfilo Narváez and Hernando de Soto) landed...
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    expedition. The chroniclers described this settlement as being near the "Bay of Horses". The bay was named for events of the 1527 Narváez expedition,...
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    properly known as Estevan), one of only four survivors of the Narváez expedition, on an expedition north from Compostela toward present-day New Mexico. When...
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    village, which Narváez believed was the main settlement in Apalachee. Apalachee resisted attacks by the Spanish, and the Narváez expedition fled to Apalachee...
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  • the American South. Cabeza de Vaca was one of four survivors of the Narváez expedition and shipwreck. He became known as a shaman among the Native American...
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